泰 → 中孚
Hexagram 11: Peace → Hexagram 61: Inner Truth
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 5, 6).
Line 3
九三 无平不陂。无往不復。艱貞无咎。勿恤其孚。于食有福。
Nine in the third place means: No plain not followed by a slope. No going not followed by a return. He who remains persevering in danger Is without blame. Do not complain about this truth; Enjoy the good fortune you still possess.
Line 5
六五 帝乙歸妹。以祉元吉。
Six in the fifth place means: The sovereign I Gives his daughter in marriage. This brings blessing And supreme good fortune.
Line 6
上六 城復于隍。勿用師。自邑告命。貞吝。
Six at the top means: The wall falls back into the moat. Use no army now. Make your commands known within your own town. Perseverance brings humiliation.
Trigram Changes
Yilin Verse
同本異業，樂仁政德；東鄰慕義，來興我國。
Same root, different callings, delighting in benevolence and virtuous rule. The eastern neighbor admires righteousness and comes to prosper our state.
— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE
Commentary
Earth above heaven, Peace radiates moral magnetism. Those of the same root pursue different vocations, yet all delight in benevolent governance and virtue. The eastern neighbor, moved by this righteousness, comes to revitalize one's own state. The verse envisions a polity so well-governed that its virtue attracts voluntary allegiance from neighboring peoples — not through conquest but through the sheer appeal of good order. From Peace to Inner Truth, wind blows above the lake, and the gentleman deliberates cases of punishment with compassion. The transformation shows how outer harmony (Peace) deepens into inner sincerity (Inner Truth): when virtue is genuine, even distant peoples sense it and are drawn to participate.
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